How Having A Baby Changed My Life

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My mother had always informed me that when you have a baby, it changes everything. I never understood exactly what she meant. Because I was young and in high school, I didn’t believe it either until pregnancy happened to me. Before I had a baby, my life was basically my own. Hanging out and being worry free was what I enjoyed. When I wanted to ride off somewhere, I could go. Staying out late were also things that I had loved doing. Even though I had a vibrant social life, college was my biggest priority. I never missed a day of class and never showed up late. Biology and Mathematics were my favorite classes. I always made straight A’s and B’s and didn’t accept anything lower. Having a baby was the last thing on my mind. Graduating was my dream and I didn’t need anything to interfere with that. When I first found out I was pregnant, I was a 20-year-old college Freshman. It was near the end of the school year and I was almost five months pregnant. Nervous about my family and …show more content…

Joyful and appalled were some terms to describe how I felt. He weighed 6 pounds and ten ounces. I can’t explain how holding him in my arms that first time put a smile on my face. We took him home 2 days later. The following nights were restless. Having a full 8 hours of sleep was completely out of the picture for the first 3 months and I realized that the days of having time to myself were over. My son was my biggest priority now, not me. He was my focus and all my time was now devoted to him. I no longer had the freedom that I had before. Of course, my family were there for me, but I was still the parent. The struggle of raising a two-year-old alone hit me strong. If I wanted to be somebody, I wanted to do more than just sit around all day. Going back to college was a must. My mother would watch my son for me until I came home. Back to parenting. I finally succumbed to being a parent and it was no longer a struggle for me

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